Chapter 21: Working with Drawing Views
FIGURE 21.12The Aligned Section View
Editing a Section View
Section Views are edited in the same way as Detail Views. You can edit the section lines directly by
dragging, or the section line sketch through the RMB menu. You can click the RMB menu and
select the Edit Sketch command to edit sketch relations, or to add or remove sketch elements to
the sketch.Section Views are also deleted in the same way as detail views, with the option to also delete the
underlying sketch for the section. When you delete one segment of the section line, the resulting
view, as well as the underlying sketch, is also deleted.Creating Other View Types
SolidWorks is able to create any type of view that you need. If you can define what the view
should look like, then SolidWorks can create it. The only limit is your creativity.Crop View
The Crop View is simply a view that looks like a Detail View without requiring a parent view. This
feature enables you to reduce the number of views on a sheet and save some room. However, a
cropped view may be confusing if it is not clear which area is being detailed in the cropped view.
Unlike Detail Views, in Crop Views, the closed loop must be sketched in the view before you
invoke the command. To make the Crop View, draw the closed loop as shown in Figure 21.13 in
the image to the left, and then click the Crop View button on the drawing toolbar or access the
command by choosing Insert ➪ Drawing View ➪ Crop.